# Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A07-5022 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Proposed Rule - **Published:** October 15, 2007 - **Citation:** 72 FR 58268 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 49 CFR Part 541 [Docket No. NHTSA 2007-28874] Preliminary Theft Data; Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Publication of preliminary theft data; request for comments. SUMMARY: This document requests comments on data about passenger motor vehicle thefts that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2005 including theft rates for existing passenger motor vehicle lines manufactured in model year (MY) 2005. The preliminary theft data indicate that the vehicle theft rate for CY/MY 2005 vehicles (1.85 thefts per thousand vehicles) increased by 1.1 percent from the theft rate for CY/MY 2004 vehicles (1.83 thefts per thousand vehicles). Publication of these data fulfills NHTSA's statutory obligation to periodically obtain accurate and timely theft data, and publish the information for review and comment. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 14, 2007. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2007-28874) by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: 202-493-2251. Instructions: For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov , including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov . Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov . or the street address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carlita Ballard, Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard's telephone number is (202) 366-0846. Her fax number is (202) 493-2990. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA administers a program for reducing motor vehicle theft. The central feature of this program is the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 49 CFR Part 541. The standard specifies performance requirements for inscribing or affixing vehicle identification numbers (VINs) onto certain major original equipment and replacement parts of high-theft lines of passenger motor vehicles. The agency is required by 49 U.S.C. 33104(b)(4) to periodically obtain, from the most reliable source, accurate and timely theft data, and publish the data for review and comment. To fulfill the § 33104(b)(4) mandate, this document reports the preliminary theft data for CY 2005 the most recent calendar year for which data are available. In calculating the 2005 theft rates, NHTSA followed the same procedures it used in calculating the MY 2004 theft rates. (For 2004 theft data calculations, see 71 FR 59400, October 10, 2006.) As in all previous reports, NHTSA's data were based on information provided to the agency by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The NCIC is a governmental system that receives vehicle theft information from nearly 23,000 criminal justice agencies and other law enforcement authorities throughout the United States. The NCIC data also include reported thefts of self-insured and uninsured vehicles, not all of which are reported to other data sources. The 2005 theft rate for each vehicle line was calculated by dividing the number of reported thefts of MY 2005 vehicles of that line stolen during calendar year 2005, by the total number of vehicles in that line manufactured for MY 2005, as reported by manufacturers to the Environmental Protection Agency. The preliminary 2005 theft data show an increase in the vehicle theft rate when compared to the theft rate experienced in CY/MY 2004. The preliminary theft rate for MY 2005 passenger vehicles stolen in calendar year 2005 increased to 1.85 thefts per thousand vehicles produced, an increase of 1.1 percent from the rate of 1.83 thefts per thousand vehicles experienced by MY 2004 vehicles in CY 2004. For MY 2005 vehicles, out of a total of 233 vehicle lines, 24 lines had a theft rate higher than 3.5826 per thousand vehicles, the established median theft rate for MYs 1990/1991 (See 59 FR 12400, March 16, 1994). Of the 24 vehicle lines with a theft rate higher than 3.5826, 21 are passenger car lines, two are multipurpose passenger vehicle lines, and one is a light-duty truck line. EP15OC07.000 In Table I, NHTSA has tentatively ranked each of the MY 2005 vehicle lines in descending order of theft rate. Public comment is sought on the accuracy of the data, including the data for the production volumes of individual vehicle lines. Comments must not exceed 15 pages in length (49 CFR part 553.21). Attachments may be appended to these submissions without regard to the 15 page limit. This limitation is intended to encourage commenters to detail their primary arguments in a concise fashion. If a commenter wishes to submit certain information under a claim of confidentiality, three copies of the complete submission, including purportedly confidential business information, should be submitted to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address given above, and two copies from which the purportedly confidential information has been deleted should be submitted to Dockets. A request for confidentiality should be accompanied by a cover letter setting forth the information specified in the agency's confidential business information regulation. 49 CFR part 512. All comments received before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated above for this document will be considered, and will be available for examination in the docket at the above address both before and after that date. To the extent possible, comments filed after the closing date will also be considered. Comments on this document will be available for inspection in the docket. NHTSA will continue to file relevant information as it becomes available for inspection in the docket after the closing date, and it is recommended that interested persons continue to examine the docket for new material. Those persons desiring to be notified upon receipt of their comments in the rules docket should enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the envelope with their comments. Upon receiving the comments, the docket supervisor will return the postcard by mail. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33101, 33102 and 33104; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50. Preliminary Report of Theft Rates for Model Year 2005 Passenger Motor Vehicles Stolen in Calendar Year 2005 Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 2005 Production (mfr's) 2005 2005 Theft rate (per 1,000 vehicles produced) 1 TOYOTA TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP 265 14,194 18.6699 2 SUZUKI AERIO 77 11,804 6.5232 3 KIA RIO 156 26,328 5.9253 4 MERCEDES BENZ 215 (CL-CLASS) 9 1,601 5.6215 5 JAGUAR XKR 4 748 5.3476 6 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 188 35,876 5.2403 7 MITSUBISHI GALANT 150 28,808 5.2069 8 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE NEON 783 154,231 5.0768 9 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE MAGNUM 387 79,254 4.8830 10 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER SEBRING 242 49,892 4.8505 11 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE STRATUS 452 94,735 4.7712 12 KIA OPTIMA 145 31,362 4.6234 13 MITSUBISHI LANCER 141 31,226 4.5155 14 NISSAN SENTRA 519 116,354 4.4605 15 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET MALIBU 908 212,400 4.2750 16 TOYOTA TOYOTA ECHO 43 10,540 4.0797 17 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND AM 248 61,502 4.0324 18 TOYOTA LEXUS GS 12 3,004 3.9947 19 SUZUKI FORENZA 129 33,387 3.8638 20 NISSAN INFINITI FX45 7 1,850 3.7838 21 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CAVALIER 351 95,838 3.6624 22 HONDA ACURA RSX 69 19,135 3.6060 23 KIA SPECTRA 191 53,027 3.6019 24 HONDA S2000 32 8,921 3.5870 25 MASERATI SPYDER/F1 1 289 3.4602 26 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC SUNFIRE 132 38,239 3.4520 27 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE 114 33,498 3.4032 28 SUZUKI VITARA/GRAND VITARA 81 24,542 3.3005 29 TOYOTA TOYOTA MR2 SPYDER 3 912 3.2895 30 TOYOTA LEXUS IS 20 6,343 3.1531 31 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER 300 499 158,545 3.1474 32 SUZUKI VERONA 23 7,409 3.1043 33 HYUNDAI ACCENT 158 51,121 3.0907 34 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET AVEO 196 64,250 3.0506 35 HYUNDAI TIBURON 46 15,100 3.0464 36 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET IMPALA 701 230,633 3.0395 37 NISSAN 350Z 82 27,146 3.0207 38 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 25 8,471 2.9512 39 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN LS 64 21,743 2.9435 40 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COBALT 410 140,975 2.9083 41 NISSAN INFINITI QX56 36 12,666 2.8423 42 NISSAN MAXIMA 209 73,931 2.8270 43 NISSAN ALTIMA 1,035 368,779 2.8066 44 MAZDA 6 191 68,252 2.7985 45 SUZUKI RENO 16 5,736 2.7894 46 TOYOTA SCION XB 187 67,396 2.7746 47 SUBARU IMPREZA 103 38,390 2.6830 48 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 284 107,972 2.6303 49 FORD MOTOR CO FORD TAURUS 527 201,826 2.6112 50 FORD MOTOR CO FORD FOCUS 637 245,780 2.5917 51 TOYOTA TOYOTA CELICA 11 4,258 2.5834 52 BMW M3 14 5,471 2.5589 53 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC GTO 28 11,065 2.5305 54 ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM 1 399 2.5063 55 FORD MOTOR CO FORD MUSTANG 362 145,599 2.4863 56 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 36 14,983 2.4027 57 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET BLAZER S10/T10 12 5,018 2.3914 58 NISSAN INFINITI FX35 72 30,172 2.3863 59 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP WRANGLER 178 74,706 2.3827 60 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC XLR 9 3,828 2.3511 61 BMW 6 25 10,636 2.3505 62 TOYOTA TOYOTA COROLLA 864 368,744 2.3431 63 TOYOTA SCION TC 146 62,321 2.3427 64 NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP 146 62,799 2.3249 65 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR 46 20,871 2.2040 66 HYUNDAI SONATA 175 79,781 2.1935 67 MAZDA B SERIES PICKUP 12 5,686 2.1104 68 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 277 132,495 2.0906 69 MITSUBISHI MONTERO 8 3,829 2.0893 70 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC G6 128 62,481 2.0486 71 NISSAN XTERRA 113 55,179 2.0479 72 KIA SEDONA VAN 156 76,527 2.0385 73 FORD MOTOR CO FORD RANGER PICKUP 209 103,723 2.0150 74 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF/GTI 29 14,447 2.0073 75 HONDA CIVIC 577 288,917 1.9971 76 KIA SORENTO 114 57,272 1.9905 77 MERCEDES BENZ 203 (C-CLASS) 139 70,818 1.9628 78 HONDA ACURA TSX 70 35,836 1.9533 79 ISUZU ASCENDER 14 7,219 1.9393 80 MAZDA RX-8 34 17,608 1.9309 81 KIA AMANTI 43 22,858 1.8812 82 TOYOTA SCION XA 60 32,132 1.8673 83 TOYOTA TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP 283 151,776 1.8646 84 JAGUAR XJ8/XJ8L 8 4,330 1.8476 85 NISSAN INFINITI G35 120 65,227 1.8397 86 JAGUAR S-TYPE 25 13,629 1.8343 87 MAZDA 3 158 86,184 1.8333 88 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 240 133,335 1.8000 89 TOYOTA LEXUS SC 16 9,019 1.7740 90 NISSAN INFINITI Q45 3 1,712 1.7523 91 NISSAN PATHFINDER 143 82,667 1.7298 92 MERCEDES BENZ 208 (CLK-CLASS) 37 21,724 1.7032 93 SUBARU BAJA 14 8,244 1.6982 94 AUDI A4/A4 QUATTRO/S4/S4 AVANT 80 47,470 1.6853 95 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 311 184,671 1.6841 96 TOYOTA TOYOTA CAMRY/SOLARA 732 437,173 1.6744 97 NISSAN QUEST VAN 60 35,913 1.6707 98 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC AZTEK 17 10,197 1.6672 99 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 356 214,714 1.6580 100 MERCEDES BENZ 170 (SLK-CLASS) 17 10,310 1.6489 101 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK CENTURY 65 40,051 1.6229 102 FORD MOTOR CO FORD EXPLORER 317 196,740 1.6113 103 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY SABLE 58 36,134 1.6051 104 SAAB 9-2X 9 5,713 1.5754 105 HONDA ACCORD 576 371,940 1.5486 106 FORD MOTOR CO FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC 83 53,640 1.5474 107 HONDA ACURA 3.2 TL 125 82,497 1.5152 108 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET COLORADO 206 136,994 1.5037 109 BMW 3 88 58,554 1.5029 110 BMW 5 42 28,346 1.4817 111 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 48 32,416 1.4808 112 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN ION 104 71,021 1.4644 113 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE 36 24,679 1.4587 114 GENERAL MOTORS GMC ENVOY 102 70,105 1.4550 115 KIA SPORTAGE 35 24,351 1.4373 116 GENERAL MOTORS GMC CANYON PICKUP 56 39,149 1.4304 117 FORD MOTOR CO LINCOLN TOWN CAR 67 46,853 1.4300 118 MERCEDES BENZ 129 (SL-CLASS) 15 10,586 1.4170 119 NISSAN MURANO 102 72,482 1.4072 120 TOYOTA TOYOTA MATRIX 99 72,719 1.3614 121 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 100 73,979 1.3517 122 HYUNDAI XG300 27 20,099 1.3434 123 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC VIBE 95 71,357 1.3313 124 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC DEVILLE 76 57,246 1.3276 125 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 116 87,710 1.3225 126 AUDI A8 7 5,336 1.3118 127 VOLKSWAGEN PHAETON 1 768 1.3021 128 MAZDA TRIBUTE 68 52,267 1.3010 129 JAGUAR VANDEN PLAS/SUPER V8 4 3,075 1.3008 130 FORD MOTOR CO FORD CROWN VICTORIA 24 18,754 1.2797 131 FORD MOTOR CO FORD FREESTAR VAN 92 72,690 1.2656 132 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN 29 23,439 1.2373 133 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER PACIFICA 146 118,329 1.2338 134 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC BONNEVILLE 26 21,519 1.2082 135 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC CTS 74 61,323 1.2067 136 BMW 7 9 7,495 1.2008 137 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE CARAVAN/GRAND CARAVAN 440 367,439 1.1975 138 TOYOTA TOYOTA 4RUNNER 127 106,810 1.1890 139 DAIMLERCHRYSLER DODGE VIPER 2 1,692 1.1820 140 HYUNDAI TUCSON 71 61,346 1.1574 141 ASTON MARTIN DB9 1 874 1.1442 142 GENERAL MOTORS GMC SAFARI VAN 5 4,441 1.1259 143 FORD MOTOR CO FORD FIVE HUNDRED 109 97,689 1.1158 144 VOLVO V70 9 8,070 1.1152 145 MERCEDES BENZ 220 (S-CLASS) 13 11,831 1.0988 146 FORD MOTOR CO FORD THUNDERBIRD 10 9,189 1.0883 147 BMW X3 31 28,657 1.0818 148 TOYOTA LEXUS LS 31 29,049 1.0672 149 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET EQUINOX 192 183,758 1.0449 150 FORD MOTOR CO FORD ESCAPE 252 243,658 1.0342 151 DAIMLERCHRYSLER JEEP LIBERTY 178 173,110 1.0282 152 TOYOTA LEXUS ES 83 80,735 1.0281 153 TOYOTA LEXUS GX 28 27,260 1.0271 154 TOYOTA TOYOTA AVALON 59 57,577 1.0247 155 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CORVETTE 34 33,810 1.0056 156 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LESABRE 105 105,985 0.9907 157 TOYOTA LEXUS RX 94 96,140 0.9777 158 PORSCHE BOXSTER 6 6,142 0.9769 159 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN 24 25,341 0.9471 160 ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY CONTINENTAL 3 3,176 0.9446 161 VOLVO S40 24 25,722 0.9331 162 TOYOTA TOYOTA RAV4 75 82,037 0.9142 163 BMW Z4 10 11,079 0.9026 164 HONDA ELEMENT 47 52,440 0.8963 165 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MARINER 29 32,734 0.8859 166 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN LS 6 6,790 0.8837 167 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 61 69,862 0.8731 168 TOYOTA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 113 130,146 0.8683 169 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK PARK AVENUE 8 9,282 0.8619 170 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN VUE 56 65,105 0.8601 171 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 30 35,149 0.8535 172 PORSCHE 911 7 8,391 0.8342 173 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC STS 31 37,226 0.8328 174 TOYOTA TOYOTA SIENNA VAN 144 172,999 0.8324 175 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK LACROSSE/ALLURE 68 81,894 0.8303 176 LAND ROVER FREELANDER 2 2,441 0.8193 177 MAZDA MPV VAN 15 18,902 0.7936 178 HONDA ACURA 3.5 RL 17 21,526 0.7897 179 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 27 34,410 0.7847 180 AUDI A6/A6 QUATTRO/S6/S6 AVANT 12 15,432 0.7776 181 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 195 253,162 0.7703 182 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RENDEZVOUS 42 54,775 0.7668 183 VOLVO XC90 33 43,213 0.7637 184 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MONTEREY VAN 5 6,703 0.7459 185 MERCEDES BENZ 210 (E-CLASS) 30 40,445 0.7417 186 VOLVO S80 8 10,918 0.7327 187 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK RAINIER 10 13,648 0.7327 188 VOLVO S60 15 23,029 0.6514 189 BMW MINI COOPER 30 47,444 0.6323 190 HONDA CR-V 88 144,472 0.6091 191 SAAB 9-3 13 21,433 0.6065 192 LOTUS ELISE 2 3,320 0.6024 193 SUBARU LEGACY/OUTBACK 21 34,944 0.6010 194 AUDI ALLROAD QUATTRO 2 3,420 0.5848 195 HONDA ACURA MDX 35 60,287 0.5806 196 HONDA PILOT 81 142,118 0.5699 197 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET UPLANDER VAN 30 52,713 0.5691 198 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC SRX 13 23,498 0.5532 199 FORD MOTOR CO FORD FREESTYLE 40 75,643 0.5288 200 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN 85 161,742 0.5255 201 FORD MOTOR CO FORD GT 1 1,907 0.5244 202 SAAB 9-7X 1 1,999 0.5003 203 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 2 4,135 0.4837 204 SUBARU FORESTER 24 50,942 0.4711 205 FORD MOTOR CO MERCURY MONTEGO 13 28,517 0.4559 206 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC MONTANA VAN 14 31,583 0.4433 207 TOYOTA TOYOTA PRIUS 46 121,020 0.3801 208 SUBARU OUTBACK 29 79,980 0.3626 209 JAGUAR X-TYPE 4 11,299 0.3540 210 GENERAL MOTORS SATURN RELAY 6 17,794 0.3372 211 SAAB 9-5 2 6,137 0.3259 212 VOLVO V50 2 6,909 0.2895 213 GENERAL MOTORS BUICK TERRAZA VAN 2 19,848 0.1008 214 MASERATI GRANSPORT 0 490 0.0000 215 MASERATI QUATTROPORTE 0 1,311 0.0000 216 HONDA ACURA NSX 0 249 0.0000 217 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH 0 165 0.0000 218 AUDI TT 0 3,375 0.0000 219 ROLLS ROYCE BENTLEY ARNAGE 0 361 0.0000 220 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE 0 854 0.0000 221 GENERAL MOTORS CADILLAC LIMOUSINE 0 472 0.0000 222 FERRARI MARANELLO/F1 0 235 0.0000 223 FERRARI SCAGLIETTI/F1 0 228 0.0000 224 FERRARI SPIDER/F1 0 1,093 0.0000 225 GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET CLASSIC 0 83,060 0.0000 226 GENERAL MOTORS GMC K2500 0 51 0.0000 227 HONDA INSIGHT 0 591 0.0000 228 JAGUAR XJR 0 741 0.0000 229 JAGUAR XK8 0 1,760 0.0000 230 NISSAN ARMADA 0 34,803 0.0000 231 NISSAN TITAN 0 77,628 0.0000 232 SPYKER C8 0 7 0.0000 233 VOLVO XC70 0 14,806 0.0000 Issued on: October 5, 2007. Stephen R. Kratzke, Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. [FR Doc. 07-5022 Filed 10-12-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-59-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A07-5022. Public record. Not legal advice.